From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: org-bbdb-anniversaries, bbdb v3 Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2016 11:59:56 -0500 Message-ID: <87h9gg52ib.fsf@alphaville.usersys.redhat.com> References: <4cc3rcxgpb.ln2@news.c0t0d0s0.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57239) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1adKzq-0001Nb-3D for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2016 12:00:34 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1adKzm-0002vS-4m for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2016 12:00:34 -0500 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:47552) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1adKzl-0002vD-Uc for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2016 12:00:30 -0500 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1adKzk-0004GH-A5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2016 18:00:28 +0100 Received: from nat-pool-bos-t.redhat.com ([66.187.233.206]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 08 Mar 2016 18:00:28 +0100 Received: from ndokos by nat-pool-bos-t.redhat.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 08 Mar 2016 18:00:28 +0100 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Michael Welle writes: > Hello, > > I got org-bbdb from the master branch (and all the other files from the > package), wrote a small function that can parse the date format of my > bbdb and now it works as expected. > I don't want to discourage you from such experimentation, but I think this is something to be avoided in general: you have a frankenstein installation that cannot be easily up- or down-graded to fix problems and any problems you encounter will have to be passed through a filter to figure out whether they arise from your specific installation method or whether they apply to org in general. IOW, it is less useful both to you (except for getting o-b-a-f, I guess) and to the developers than either straight maint or straight master. -- Nick